Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-26
XXTH LEGISLATURE.
The Senate Passes the Prohibition
Amendment observation-disclosures
Suit Bill Discussed.
The House Discusses the Railroad Commits.
sion BIZ at Considerable Length.
New Bills Introduced.
THE SENATE.
Special to the Gazette.


Douglass, from Hardin county, asking
for special election to change the
county site.
By Senator Mcdonald, from Lamar
county. relative to the sale OF liquors to
minors.
By Senator Burney, from San Antonio,
asking an amendment to the constitution
so as to provide for the registration of
voters in cities of over 10000 inhabitants.
By Senator Macmanus, from Maverick
county, asking to be relieved from the
payment of the al valorem tax.
By Senator Upshsw, from the citizens of
Alvarado, the hot-bed of the striking dis
turbances last year, calling attention to
the Pinkertor detectives, and asking that
private detective agencies be prohibited
in Texas.
Senator Bell, for judiciary committee
No. =, reported favOrably prohibiting sa
looms, places OF amusement and other
business houses from keeping open on
Sunday.
Senator Garrison, for the penitentiary
committee, reported back the House bill
TO establish q reformatory with the re-
quest that il be considered with the Sen
ate bill on the same subject.
Bills were introduced: By Senator
Burney. to reimburse W Z. Johnson OF
Preside county; by Senator Douglass of
jefferson, authorizing the county of Har-
den TO remove its county seat; By Senator
Macmanus, sto provide for the better pay
ment and to regulate the manner of pay
ment of fees to county officers.
On motion of Senator Bell the House
prohihitorY amendment was taken up.
Senator Terrell moved a cell of the
Senate. Seconded, and the sergeant-at
arms was sent after the absenteeS.
Senator Burgess moved to amend by
providing that the law shall not apply to
beer and wine made in Texas.
Senator Bell moved to lay the amend
ment on the table Carried.
The resolution then passed. The cleo
ton provided for in the resolution is set
for the first Thursday in August mex.
The railroad commission bill was again
laid before the Senate. Pending further
discussion the bill went over until to-
morrow, q d the jlint resolution amend
ing the constitution requiring the Legis-
lsture to provide for the levy and cOlIeC-
ton of state and county special taxes in
the unOrgauiZed counties was taken up
and passed.
Senator Bell, for the Judiciary commit
tee No. >, reported favorsbly the bill to
regulate the shipment OF lumber by rail-
road.
Adjourned u I'll p. II.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House amendments to the Senate
bill providing that county convicts shall
be credited twenty cents day when hired
out was COncurred in.
The bill to define q certain boundary Of
the state of Texas, and authorizing suit
against the state OF Kansas, was laid be-
fore the Senate. Senat0pBurgess opposed
the bill, and gave some very pointed
and focirabe reasons for doing so.
lie argued that it might damage
the claims to Greer county, and would
certainly array the powerful state Of Kan
sas against Texas in her efforts to secure
q clear title to Greer county. He showed
that the Texas commissioners inveStigat-
ing this matter last year were not c unit
upon the question. He made very able
argument against the bill, and stated that
in his opinion the caption should be
changed so as to read "a bill to relieve
the claim forever to Greer county," as
that would be the practical result if the
bill PASSED.
Senators Bell and Terrell spoke in
favor of the bill, and argued that Texas
had a Just claim to the territory. Both
senators commended that the territory it
was proposed to sue for had not been set
tied until sometime in 1879, and, there
fore, the statute of Limitation would not
be run against the state.
Senator Calhoun objected 10 the small
fee provided for in the bill. He wanted
no fourth-class lawyer in a case iuvolv-
ing, it is said, property valued at $780,
900, 600. A $1,000 fee, as provided, would
not secure a second-clasS LAWYER
He insisted that in q case of such msgni-
tude / per cent of the amount GAINED
would not be eXorbitsnt. He would Of
fer an amendment increasing the fees,
and he hoped the bill would psss.
Senator Houston regarded the bill as
dangerous and opposed it. He did not
believe the territory belonged TO Texas,
and taat the suit would simply put the
state to great expense and result III no
good.
Senator Jarvis commended that the state
could not recover the territory, and ar
gued that 4 suit would be decidedly eX-
pensive and therefore he opposed the bill.
Senator Pope looked upon it as g state
demand, and ne did not believe 3 suit
would be successful. He, like Senator
Calhoun, thought the fee too small, but
objected to spending any money in what
he considered 4 hopeless case. He con-
Cured with Senator Burgess in the state
ment that it would ipjure the claim Of
Texas to Greer county.
Senator Calhoun offered to amend so
to increase the fee of each attorney from
$1,000 to $1,000 to begin the suit. Lost.
Senator Calhoun moved to increase the
amount to be paid each of the three at
tcrneys upon successful termination of
the suit from $4,000 to $4,000. Lost,
and the bill was engrossed-yeas, Il
nays, Is.
Adjourned until 10 O'Clock tomorrow.
THE HOUSE,. |
The general road bill came up as I'M
finished business, the pending question |